energy supply management
The new deregulated market provides for competition in the retailing of energy (electricity and gas) in a similar way to that of telecommunications.
As with phone bills, energy (electricity, gas, fuel) retailers may compete on various factors whether it be price, the structure of your tariff, whether they sell you other products; even the period of your billing cycle (monthly or quarterly).
If your business has reached this 'contestable' level, there are many things to keep in mind when choosing your supplier:
- Tariff structures - do they suit your energy use profile?
- Price and escalation provisions
- Consider your supplier's standby arrangements for supply reliability
- What billing arrangements are being offered?
- Are all charges for the supply of energy to your site clearly specified in a Retail Proposal? Are they bundled?
- Liability and Indemnity
- Volume Flex. What if you use more or less energy than quoted?
sound confusing?
Energy supply contracts allocate risk to either the retailer or the customer. Don't put your business at risk by accepting commercial terms you don't comprehensively understand.
Metro Power Company is totally independent, and has the expertise to develop an electrical demand profile of your company and independently negotiate the best deal from the energy retailers for you.
Not only can we haggle for the best price, but we can determine if your business is suitable for other supply alternatives - onsite generation, co-generation, tri-generation, wind, solar thermal, and wave.
If you run a small to medium sized business (50-3000MWh p.a) Metro Power Company can:
- review your existing tariff structures and verify correct billing charges
- develop your company demand profile
- arrange quotations from the retailers; then
- outline the retailer proposals and make recommendations to your management or accounting team
- charge a small fixed fee (scaled), which you may recoup from your new bill savings
If you run a large business (>3000MWh p.a) Metro Power Company can
- review your existing power purchase agreements or supply contracts for optimization
- review your existing tariff structures and verify correct billing charges
- develop or cross check your company demand profile and future growth
- arrange quotations from the retailers; then
- outline the retailer proposals and make recommendations to your management or accounting team
- charge an hourly-consulting or fixed-rate brokerage fee
**equivalent to 50MWh p.a or approximately 137 units per day
